Master Veeam Tricks

Volume 1

By Veeam Vanguards:
Dave Kawula Cristal Kawula Ian Sanderson
Karl Widmer Rhys Hammond Markus Kraus
Mike Conjoice Craig Dalrymple Didier Van Hoye
Eugene Kashperovetskyi

Foreword by: Rick Vanover aka RICKATRON

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Foreword by: Rick Vanover

The idea for this book started on a whim, and the community delivered. A quick request to Dave
and Cristal Kawula to share some community insights to the gathering of the Veeam Vanguards
— and this book idea was born. I’m honored to write the forward to this book for a number of
reasons. The first is that I love that the Vanguards stepped up to contribute to this book. The
second is that there is a gap in books about Veeam technologies. And the third is that the work
to get this book out will be light, the Vanguards know their stuff.

The Product Strategy Technology team at Veeam casually refers to the Vanguards as the Vannies,
and the Vannies are one of the most visible aspects of our team.

The idea of this book is great — a collection of tips from the best. This is just another resource
for the community to benefit from. The topics covered will outline how to use Veeam products,
as well as practical ways to go about using features and seeking performance gains along the
way.

Veeam products are inherently easy to use and required to be that way right from our co-
founder. However, there is a need for advanced use cases. In fact, this is an interesting
characteristic for one backup product (especially for virtual machines) that can work with the
smallest and largest enterprises. It is one of those scenarios where the smallest organizations can
indeed just “throw it in” and have a good experience, but the largest deployments do not enjoy
the same flexibility due to requirements, size of data, and the amount of time involved to move
data.

This book will guide readers through use cases, providing perspective from experts who have
gone through many situations with Veeam products. One other interesting aspect about the
Vannies is that many of them are some form of Veeam partner. Veeam has partnerships in its
DNA. Whether it is a reseller partner, a technology alliance partner, a service provider partner,
an integration partner, a service partner or a distribution partner (and there are more!) — the
Vannies bring perspectives bigger than just their own.

As you read this book, engage with the authors. They are active on social media. They are very
approachable, and they will respond to you. This is one of the key aspects of the Vannies; they
are stewards of what the Product Strategy Technology team drives in the community — and one
of the reasons this group continues to keep Vanguard status.
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Each Vannie comes in their own way. I know Dave Kawula well, but differently than the others
who contribute to the content. I also challenge that you too can nominate to be a Veeam
Vanguard. Look for the nominations to be open on the Veeam blog and on social media.

I will leave you where I started, honored to write this forward. Engage with the Vanguards, share
your feedback (critical for subsequent volumes!), and go forth with better usage of Veeam
products in your environment.

Respectfully,

Rick W. Vanover

Director Product Strategy, Veeam Software

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Acknowledgments
From Dave
Cristal, you are my rock and my source of inspiration. For the past 20 + years you have been
there with me every step of the way. Not only are you the “BEST Wife” in the world you are my
partner in crime. Christian, Trinity, Keira, Serena, Mickaila, Mackenzie, and Rycker you kids are so
patient with your dear old dad when he locks himself away in the office for yet another book.
Taking the time to watch you grow in life, sports, and become little leaders of this new world is
incredible to watch.

Thank you, Mom and Dad,, (Frank and Audry) and my brother Joe. You got me started in this
crazy IT world when I was so young. Brother, you mentored me along the way both coaching me
in hockey and helping me learn what you knew about PCs and Servers. I’ll never forget us as
teenage kids working the IT Support contract for the local municipal government. Remember
dad had to drive us to site because you weren’t old enough to drive ourselves yet. A great
career starts with the support of your family, and I’m so lucky because I have all the support one
could ever want.

Last but not least, the MVPDays volunteers, you have donated your time and expertise and
helped us run the event in over 20 cities across North America. Our latest journey has us
expanding the conference worldwide as a virtual conference. For those of you that will read this
book, your potential is limitless just expand your horizons, and you never know where life will
take you.

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About the Authors

Dave Kawula – MVP / Veeam Vanguard
Dave is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with over 20 years of experience in the IT
industry. His background includes data communications networks within multi-server
environments, and he has led architecture teams for virtualization, System Center, Exchange,
Active Directory, and Internet gateways. Very active within the Microsoft technical and
consulting teams, Dave has provided deep-dive technical knowledge and subject matter
expertise on various System Center and operating system topics.

Dave is well-known in the community as an evangelist for Microsoft, 1E, and Veeam
technologies. Locating Dave is easy as he speaks at several conferences and sessions each year,
including TechEd, Ignite, MVP Days Community Roadshow, and VeeamOn.

Recently Dave has been honored to take on the role of Conference Co-Chair of TechMentor with
fellow MVP Sami Laiho. The lineup of speakers and attendees that have been to this conference
over the past 20 years is fantastic. Come down to Redmond or Orlando in 2018, and you can
meet him in person. Checkout his speaking site at www.davekawula.com

He recently tied for 1st place out of 1800 speakers at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Orlando.

As the founder and Managing Principal Consultant at TriCon Elite Consulting, Dave is a leading
technology expert for both local customers and large international enterprises, providing optimal
guidance and methodologies to achieve and
maintain an efficient infrastructure.

BLOG: www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @DaveKawula

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Cristal Kawula – MVP / Veeam Vanguard

Cristal Kawula is the co-founder of MVPDays Community Roadshow and #MVPHour live Twitter
Chat. She was also a member of the a Technical Advisory board and is the President of TriCon
Elite Consulting. Cristal is also only the 2nd Woman in the world to receive the prestigious
Veeam Vanguard award.

Cristal can be found speaking at Microsoft Ignite, MVPDays, and other local user groups. She is
extremely active in the community and has recently helped publish a book for other Women
MVP’s called Voices from the Data Platform.

This year at Microsoft Ignite she lead community meetups for various topics such as: Women in
IT, Parenting in IT, Diversity in Tech, and becoming a Community Rockstar.

BLOG: http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @supercristal1

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Ian Sanderson – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
Ian has over 15 years’ experience working with Windows server and virtualisation technology
supporting organisations of varying size. Ian cut his teeth in the virtualisation space using Hyper-
V 2008 but has been primarily focused on the VMware stack since 2010.

Ian is a Veeam Vanguard, vExpert and a member of NetApp United as well as being one of the
Veeam User Group UK leaders and can be found presenting at events round the UK.

Ian can be found on social media at the following

locations:

Twitter: @ian0x0r

Blog: https://www.snurf.co.uk

Veeam User Group UK: https://veeamug.uk/

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Karl Widmer – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
Karl is a Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert with 15+ years of experience in the IT industry.
He started his career as an IT support technician and worked for several years at small IT
company with many vendor partnerships.

After a year in the military (Swiss national service with the achievement of the officer rank) he
went back to the IT, to be more precisely to a software vendor and was responsible for the
internal IT systems and support for several years.

However, Karl wasn’t a software-type of guy. He liked, and still likes, to get the hands-on the
hardware. So he switched the job again after several years, back to the hardware sector, again at
an IT support company. He worked the ladder up from an IT supporter to the Engineering and
was responsible for the biggest customers of that company. All kinds of support, up to cloud
offerings and virtual infrastructure went over his desk.

After many years of customer support and consulting he decided to switch the job again, but this
time he went to the customer side. At a global acting company, Karl is now responsible in the
virtualization team for all things about the cloud, from private to public cloud, and also for
everything that he calls «basic infrastructure» like on-premises HCI systems and ESXi hosts.

Karl is also very active in the vCommunity as a VMUG leader, he writes blog posts with a focus on
products from Veeam and VMware, and also for solutions if there is an issue to solve. He has
been awarded twice Veeam Vanguard and also VMware vExpert, and he holds several
certifications in IT.

BLOG: www.driftar.ch

Twitter: @widmerkarl

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Rhys Hammond – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
My name is Rhys Hammond, and this blog is a collection of tips and tricks for solving issues
that I’ve encountered designing, installing and supporting Veeam solutions for various
clients.
I learned early on that what motivates me is working with technologies and products that I
truly believe in. I am truly passionate about helping organizations make the most of the best
backup & disaster recovery product available today.
Currently, I am working at Data#3 as a Senior Systems Engineer specializing in Veeam
solutions. One of my goals is to help the IT community understand more of what Veeam can
offer, as part of that effort, I maintain https://rhyshammond.com, a Veeam and
Virtualization-centric weblog providing information, insight, and technical knowledge on all
things Veeam related.
In 2017, I was awarded VMware VExpert for having demonstrated significant contributions
to the community and a willingness to share expertise with others. VMware grants the
VExpert as an honorary title for advocates of the company’s products.

BLOG: https://rhyshammond.com

Twitter: @HammondRhys

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Markus Kraus – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
Markus is living the IT Pro live since more than 10 years as a consultant, Architect and
Systems Engineer. He is focusing on virtualization and automation technologies. In addition
to his second Vanguard nomination, he was 2016-2018 awarded as a VExpert.
BLOG: https://mycloudrevolution.com/en/

Twitter: @vMarkus_K

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Mike Conjoice – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
Mike is a Veeam Vanguard and vExpert with over 17 years’ experience in IT. Working from the
humble beginnings of a helpdesk, Mike has worked at a range of companies, from Start-ups, to
Multinational Corporations.

Mike’s experience is primarily in the Microsoft ecosystem, moving through Infrastructure,

Unified Comms, and now to Azure. He has a strong passion for PowerShell and will automate as
much as he can throughout the day.

Mike now works as a Solution Architect at Bupa Dental Care, one of the UKs largest dental
chains, helping lead the strategy and architecture design for the business through a vast change
of Digital Transformation.

Along with his technical work, Mike has a love of teaching and sharing knowledge, speaking at
many events across the globe, including VeeamON and Gartner in not only technical sessions,
but business and strategy forums.

Blog: www.mikeconjoice.com

Twitter: @mikeconjoice

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Craig Dalrymple – VMware vExpert / Veeam

Vanguard
With over 25 years experience within the IT industry, Craig Dalrymple is one of the original
members of the Veeam Vanguard program and was select as VMware vExpert 2018.

Craig has been involved with implementing and providing support for systems ranging from the
early days of x386 to present day, with a background predominantly in field engineering.
Nowadays dealing primarily with virtualization technologies.

Craig is also one of the founding leaders of the Veeam User Group UK and can be found
presenting at these events from time to time.

Away from technology Craig helps run the vGamers discord channel and on the odd occasion can
be found playing a game of rugby now and then.

Blog: www.cragdoo.co.uk

Twitter: @cragdoo

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Didier Van Hoye – MVP / Veeam Vanguard

Didier Van Hoye is an IT veteran with over 20 years of experience and accumulated hands on
expertise in ICT. He specializes mainly in Microsoft technologies (storage, virtualization,
networking, cloud) to design and build highly available, high performance solutions that scale
both efficiently and effectively without breaking the budget. He works mainly as a subject matter
expert advisor and infrastructure architect in Wintel & Hybrid Azure environments, often
leveraging DELL EMC hardware to deliver exceptional value for the money. As a Microsoft MVP in
Cloud and Datacenter, a member of the Microsoft Extended Experts Team in Belgium, a DELL
TechCenter Rockstar and a Veeam Vanguard he contributes his experience and knowledge to the
global community. He’s a trusted adviser, blogger, writer and public speaker on his areas of
expertise.

Blog: https://blog.workinghardinit.work

Twitter: @workinghardinit

LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/didiervanhoye

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Eugene Kashperovetskyi – MVP / Veeam

Vanguard
Affectionately known as Eugene K, is a highly experienced web hosting professional with over a
decade of hosting solutions support, design, implementation and automation, primarily focused
on Cloud Platforms, Business Continuity and Security Services at INAP. Whether performing
minor system optimizations or handling big projects with different unknowns involved, Eugene
believes there is always a way to make it run smoothly, seamlessly and at a high rate of
automation applied for routinely performed operations. He likes to be challenged with the tasks
and do the research to approach the goal desired.

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Technical Editors
Emile Cabot - MVP
Emile started in the industry during the mid-90s working at an ISP and designing celebrity web
sites. He has a strong operational background specializing in Systems Management and
collaboration solutions and has spent many years performing infrastructure analyses and
solution implementations for organizations ranging from 20 to over 200,000 employees.
Coupling his wealth of experience with a small partner network, Emile works very closely with
TriCon Elite, 1E, and Veeam to deliver low-cost solutions with minimal infrastructure
requirements.

He actively volunteers as a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol, providing over 250 hours each
year for first aid services and public education at Castle Mountain Resort and in the community.

BLOG: http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @ecabot

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Cary Sun – Microsoft MVP / Cisco Champion

Cary Sun is CISCO CERTIFIED INTERNETWORK EXPERT (CCIE No.4531) and MCSE, MCIPT, Citrix
CCA with over twenty years in the planning, design, and implementation of network technologies
and Management and system integration. Background includes hands-on experience with multi-
platform, all LAN/WAN topologies, network administration, E-mail and Internet systems, security
products, PCs and Servers environment. Expertise is analyzing user’s needs and coordinating
system designs from concept through implementation. Exceptional analysis, organization,
communication, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently or as an
integral part of a team to achieve objectives and goals. Specialties: CCIE /CCNA / MCSE / MCITP /
MCTS / MCSA / Solution Expert / CCA

Cary’s is a very active blogger at checkyourlogs.net and always available online for questions
from the community. He passion for technology is contagious, and he makes everyone around
him better at what they do.

Blog:http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter:@SifuSun

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Contents

Foreword by: Rick Vanover ......................................................................................... iii

Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................... v
From Dave .............................................................................................................. v

About the Authors ........................................................................................................ vi

Dave Kawula – MVP / Veeam Vanguard..................................................................... vi
Cristal Kawula – MVP / Veeam Vanguard .................................................................. vii
.............................................................................................................................. vii
Ian Sanderson – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard .............................................. viii
Karl Widmer – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard .................................................... ix
Rhys Hammond – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard ............................................... x
Markus Kraus – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard ................................................. xi
............................................................................................................................... xi
Mike Conjoice – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard ................................................ xii
.............................................................................................................................. xii
Craig Dalrymple – VMware vExpert / Veeam Vanguard ............................................ xiii
Didier Van Hoye – MVP / Veeam Vanguard .............................................................. xiv
Eugene Kashperovetskyi – MVP / Veeam Vanguard ................................................. xv
Technical Editors ...................................................................................................... xvi
Emile Cabot - MVP ............................................................................................... xvi
Cary Sun – Microsoft MVP / Cisco Champion ..................................................... xvii
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Introduction ................................................................................................................. 24

North American MVPDays Community Roadshow ................................................... 24

Sample Files ............................................................................................................. 25
Additional Resources ................................................................................................ 25

Chapter 1...................................................................................................................... 27

Upgrading a Veeam Backup Repository from Server 2016 to Server 2019 + ReFS
DeDuplication .............................................................................................................. 27
Upgrading to Windows Server 2019 ..................................................................... 28
Install and Configure Windows Deduplication ....................................................... 38
Tweak Windows Deduplication ............................................................................. 44

Chapter 2...................................................................................................................... 50

Veeam RESTful API and Postman .............................................................................. 50

Postman ............................................................................................................... 50
Veeam Enterprise Manager.................................................................................. 52
RESTful API Authentication.................................................................................. 53
Using Postman GET to obtain login sessions ....................................................... 53
Using Postman POST to obtain login session authentication token ...................... 56
Adding a header ................................................................................................... 60
Example of making API call and information ........................................................ 62
Summary.............................................................................................................. 62

Chapter 3...................................................................................................................... 63

Sizing Veeam for Office 365 Backup Storage ............................................................ 63

Background .......................................................................................................... 63
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Getting Started ..................................................................................................... 63

Calculation ........................................................................................................... 68

Chapter 4...................................................................................................................... 69

HTML Report of all Veeam Backup Copy Jobs in PowerShell ................................. 69

Chapter 5...................................................................................................................... 74

Troubleshooting Veeam B&R Error Code: 32768 Failed to create VM Recovery

Snapshot ...................................................................................................................... 74

Chapter 6...................................................................................................................... 81

Install Veeam Backup and Replication using PowerShell ........................................ 81

Chapter 7...................................................................................................................... 98

Veeam for Nutanix AHV............................................................................................... 98

Background .......................................................................................................... 98
Before you begin .................................................................................................. 98
Appliance Setup ................................................................................................... 98
Veeam and Nutanix Integration .......................................................................... 104
Creating a Backup Job ....................................................................................... 110

Chapter 8.................................................................................................................... 119

Veeam Backup and Replication and SMB MultiChannel ........................................ 119

Introduction ........................................................................................................ 119
Proving Veeam Backup and Replication leverages SMB Multichannel ............... 119
Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 122
SMB Direct Support............................................................................................ 123
More SMB3 and Windows Server 2016 Goodness ............................................. 123

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Items to investigate further ................................................................................. 123

Chapter 9.................................................................................................................... 125

Veeam Backup and Replication Preferred Subnet and SMB Multichannel ........... 125
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 125
Veeam Backup and Replication Preferred Subnet & SMB Multichannel ............. 126
So how do we control the NICs used with SMB Multichannel? ........................... 134
Some additional things to note ........................................................................... 134
Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 137

Chapter 10 .................................................................................................................. 138

Using StarWind Cloud VTL for AWS and Veeam..................................................... 138

How does the Solution Work? ............................................................................ 139
Download the Software ...................................................................................... 140
Installation of StarWind VTL ............................................................................... 141
The configuration of StarWind VTL..................................................................... 148
Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket ......................................................................... 158
Setup Cloud Replication ..................................................................................... 162
Configure Microsoft ISCSI Initiator ..................................................................... 165
Installing HPE StoreEver Tape Drivers ............................................................... 172
Add the Virtual Tape Library to Veeam ............................................................... 177
Configure a Tape backup Job ............................................................................ 180
Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 196

Chapter 11 .................................................................................................................. 197

Configure Azure Direct Restore with Veeam 9.5 ..................................................... 197

Setup your Azure Proxy VM ............................................................................... 198
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Restore a VM to Azure ....................................................................................... 213

Chapter 12 .................................................................................................................. 227

Configure 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) for Veeam with DUO .............................. 227
Important Notes.................................................................................................. 229
Creating a DUO Account .................................................................................... 229
Configuring DUO ................................................................................................ 236
Installing the DUO Client .................................................................................... 238
Adding DUO Users ............................................................................................. 242

Chapter 13 .................................................................................................................. 248

The Secret Life of VBM Files..................................................................................... 248

What do VMB files do? ....................................................................................... 248
Why do we create VMBs? .................................................................................. 248
When are VMB files Created? ............................................................................ 248
Where are VBM files stored?.............................................................................. 249
What is inside of a VBM file? .............................................................................. 249
When do we use VBM files?............................................................................... 250
What happens if I don’t have a VBM file? ........................................................... 250

Chapter 14 .................................................................................................................. 251

Efficient Veeam NetApp Backups from Storage Snapshots................................... 251

Storage Design for NetApp Backup from Storage Snapshots ............................. 252
Storage Snapshot procedure.............................................................................. 253
Storage Snapshot Configuration......................................................................... 254
Veeam Setup ..................................................................................................... 255
VSphere Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 264
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Chapter 15 .................................................................................................................. 265

Sizing your Backup Storage and Saving Money ..................................................... 265

Step One – Assess the Job Setup and Key Requirements ................................. 266
Step Two – Make sure the backup Windows Align with RPO/RTO ..................... 267
Step Three – Make Sure the network can handle the Backup Jobs .................... 268
Step Four – Calculate Total Backup Storage Requirements ............................... 268
Step Five – Map your Provisioning Plan ............................................................. 272
Step Six – Plan How to Spend your Savings ...................................................... 272

Chapter 16 .................................................................................................................. 274

Join us at MVPDays and meet great MVP’s like this in person .............................. 274
Live Presentations .................................................................................................. 274
Video Training......................................................................................................... 274
Live Instructor-led Classes ...................................................................................... 275
Consulting Services ................................................................................................ 275

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Introduction

North American MVPDays

Community Roadshow
The purpose of this book is to showcase the fantastic expertise of our guest speakers at the
North American MVPDays Community Roadshow. They have so much passion, expertise, and
expert knowledge that it only seemed fitting to write it down in a book.

MVPDays was founded by Cristal and Dave Kawula back in 2013. It started as a simple idea;
“There’s got to be a good way for Microsoft MVPs to reach the IT community and share their
vast knowledge and experience in a fun and engaging way” I mean, what is the point in
recognizing these bright and inspiring individuals, and not leveraging them to inspire the
community that they are a part of.

We often get asked the question “Who should attend MVPDays”?

Anyone that has an interest in technology is eager to learn and wants to meet other like-minded
individuals. This Roadshow is not just for Microsoft MVP’s it is for anyone in the IT Community.

Make sure you check out the MVPDays website at www.mvpdays.com. You never know maybe
the roadshow will be coming to a city near you.

The goal of this particular book is to give you some fantastic Veeam tips from the amazing
Veeam Vanguard Community. Each chapter is broken down into a unique tip, and we hope you
find some immense value in what we have written.

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Sample Files
All sample files for this book can be downloaded from www.checkyourlogs.net and
www.github.com/mvpdays

Additional Resources
In addition to all the tips and tricks provided in this book, you can find extra resources like
articles and video recordings on our blog http://www.checkyourlogs.net

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Chapter 1

Upgrading a Veeam Backup

Repository from Server 2016
to Server 2019 + ReFS
DeDuplication
By: Dave Kawula (Microsoft MVP / Veeam Vanguard)

I was working with a customer today, and we are finally ready to upgrade our primary Veeam
Backup Repository that is running Microsoft Storage Spaces on Windows Server 2016. The new
Operating System will be Windows Server 2019 LTSC, and the whole point of this upgrade is to
allow us to use ReFS + Deduplication.

The Deduplication feature is now supported in the LTSC builds of Windows Server and the
purpose of this post today is to show you how to upgrade the OS Drives, Install the Deduplication
Feature, Enable it and test.

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Upgrading to Windows Server 2019

1. Download the media from your Volume License Site (VLK)

2. Mount the ISO in the Target system that you want to be upgraded.

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3. Before we pull the trigger on the upgrade, have a look at your Storage Pool’s Virtual Disk
for a before picture.

As you can see we have 6.66 TB of 29.9 TB free. We have this Storage Pool setup in a 3-
Way Mirror for maximum performance for the Veeam Backup Repository.

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4. Run Setup.exe locally to start the upgrade

5. Choose Download updates, Drivers, and optional features (Recommended) and select I
want to help make the installation of Windows Better checkbox

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6. Enter your product key

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7. Choose your edition

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8. Accept the License Agreement

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9. Select keep personal files and apps (These means do you want to upgrade)

10. Because we are running a Storage Spaces Pool and have a Virtual Disk  Choose Confirm
on Setup has detected that one or more virtual drives are directly attached to physical

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11. On the Ready to Install screen click Install

12. Grab a cup of coffee and wait for the upgrade to complete.

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13. 30 minutes later and we are back in business. The good news is our Storage Pool and
Volumes all came back online without having to do anything.

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Install and Configure Windows Deduplication

1. Let’s Install the Deduplication Feature now

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2. Configure Deduplication for your Veeam Repository

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3. Start the Deduplication jobs via Task Scheduler

4. View the results via Get-DedupJob and Get-DedupStatus and Get-DedupVolume

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You can continue to view the progress until all of the Deduplication jobs are finished.

So, I would suggest it’s coffee time again while you wait.

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Tweak Windows Deduplication

1. Monitor the progress. You can also do this by watching it from Task Manager and
selecting the Microsoft File Server Data Management Host Process. This is the
Deduplication engine running. Interestingly enough this was consuming 20 % of the CPU
and 54 GB of RAM during the first pass.

2. View the final results. As a side note, I’m impatient when trying something out, so I
wanted to push the system on the first pass to speed it up. The initial 54 GB of RAM
wasn’t enough, so I did this. I grabbed a piece of code from my friend Mikael Nystrom
https://deploymentbunny.com/2017/04/28/powershell-is-king-a-data-deduplication-
script-that-run-the-optimizationgarbage-collection-and-scrubbing-in-a-single-sweep-
including-progress/

Function Wait-VIADedupJob

while ((Get-DedupJob).count -ne 0 )

Get-DedupJob

Start-Sleep -Seconds 30

}
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foreach($item in Get-DedupVolume){

Wait-VIADedupJob

$item | Start-DedupJob -Type Optimization -Priority High -Memory

80

Wait-VIADedupJob

$item | Start-DedupJob -Type GarbageCollection -Priority High -

Memory 80 -Full

Wait-VIADedupJob

$item | Start-DedupJob -Type Scrubbing -Priority High -Memory 80

-Full

Wait-VIADedupJob

Get-DedupStatus

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3. There this looks better now:

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4. Here is the memory usage for the Microsoft File Server Data Management Process now.

5. If you are curious about what is happening and which file the Deduplication engine is
working on your can open Resource Monitor and look for the process that is running
fsdmhost.exe. You will see the file that is being read and then you will see it being
broken up into the Chuck Store. In this case, we can see the files floating into the
D:\System Volume Information\Dedup\ChunkStore  With an extension of ccc.new.

Until I checked this, I thought that the jobs were stalled. I was wrong the Deduplication
Engine was working through some very large Veeam Backup.VBK files.

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NOTE: My estimates on how long the initial pass will take are as follows. I have seen the Disk
MB/Sec running consistently at around 300 MB/sec. Your calculation will look something like
this 300MB/sec * 60 Seconds * 60 Minutes = MB Per Hours Processing = Roughly 1 TB per Hour.
If there are 24 TB’s of data which in our case there is. It will take approximately 24 Hours for the
initial pass to complete.

6. You can see the time the job started and stopped by checking in the Deduplication Event
Log. Look for Event ID 6148 you will see the message: Optimization job has started.

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7. We can check for the completion event ID when we come back to this later for the
complete duration of the post-processing. Moreover, after one day which was pretty
much my estimate the initial pass completed. I’ve now gained back about 14 TB of space
post-Windows 2019 Deduplication.

I hope you enjoyed reading this and happy upgrading to Windows Server 2019 with
Deduplication on ReFS.

Dave

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Chapter 2

Veeam RESTful API and

Postman
By: Craig Dalrymple (VMware VExpert / Veeam Vanguard)

Recently I’ve been trying to get to grips with RESTful API on a couple of solutions I use at work,
and as a relative newcomer to the whole world of RESTful APIs, I was looking for a simple/easy
way to query systems and view the responses. One of my colleagues, Matt Thompson, pointed
me in the direction of Postman www.getpostman.com.

Postman

Postman is a popular REST client, with an intuitive user interface that allows users to send
requests, save responses, add tests and create workflows

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